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6 days ago
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Chamber drops six figures on megabill ads
With Daniel Lippman AIR COVER: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is rolling out a six-figure ad blitz to provide backup for key Republican lawmakers for their support of the House-passed reconciliation package — and knocking several Democratic frontliners for their votes against the bill. — The business lobby is going up with billboards and digital ads thanking 10 House Republicans for voting last week to extend the 2017 tax cuts: Pennsylvania's Mike Kelly, Oklahoma's Stephanie Bice, Ohio's Mike Carey, Utah's Blake Moore, Indiana's Rudy Yakym, South Dakota's Dusty Johnson, California's Davd Valadao, Michigan's Lisa McClain and Arkansas' French Hill and Bruce Westerman. — The campaign will also include ads preemptively thanking Senate Finance Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Shelley Moore Capito ( for their support of the bill. — On the flip side, the Chamber is cutting ads going after a handful of House Democrats in battleground seats for voting against the bill, which the Chamber's ads argue is tantamount to supporting 'the largest tax increase in American history.' Those spots will run in the districts of Reps. Marcy Kaptur and Emilia Sykes of Ohio, Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico and Derek Tran of California, according to a spokesperson. — The ad buy reiterates messaging from the reconciliation bill's supporters that will surely continue through next year's midterms. It is meant to counter the deluge of ads that are already hitting Republican lawmakers over the reconciliation bill's cuts to programs like Medicaid. In addition to the Chamber, which has also been holding events with local affiliates and GOP lawmakers in their districts, groups like the Business Roundtable and Americans for Prosperity have dropped millions in ad support for the package. — 'There is a lot of misinformation being spread about this legislation,' Chamber senior political strategist Ashlee Rich Stephenson said in a statement. Extending the 2017 tax cuts is one of — if not the — top policy priorities for business groups like the Chamber, which said the ad blitz is likely to expand and is aimed at 'educat[ing] the public on why the bill is good for the economy and for creating more jobs with higher wages,' even as deficit hawks on the right call for steeper spending cuts. TGIF and welcome to PI. What's going on out there? You can add me on Signal, email me at coprysko@ and be sure to follow me on X: @caitlinoprysko. BURR LOBBYING FOR TOBACCO COALITION: Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) has continued to add new lobbying clients since his cooling-off period to lobby the Hill ended at the beginning of the year. — Among the newest clients for the former ranking member of the Senate HELP Committee is the Coalition for Smarter Regulation of Nicotine. Though the group has a barebones online presence, lobbying disclosures show it is backed by tobacco giants Altria, Japan Tobacco International, Reynolds American and Reynolds parent company British American Tobacco. — Burr and a pair of former staffers who have joined him at DLA Piper began lobbying last month on FDA regulation and enforcement policy on behalf of the coalition, according to a disclosure filing. — A spokesperson for the coalition, whose members also sell e-cigarettes, told PI that the group's aim is 'to advocate for urgent reform of FDA regulation of tobacco and nicotine products, in the face of a mass-scale illicit market crisis.' — Cheap, black market vape products have flooded into the U.S. from China in recent years, cutting into sales of FDA-approved products and triggering calls from the tobacco and vape industries alike for a crackdown on illicit vapes, as well as an overhaul of the FDA process for approving and bringing more new products to market — objectives the coalition spokesperson echoed. CHIP SHOT: 'Since the start of this year, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been thrust into an unexpected new role — chief lobbyist for his company — forcing him to carry its hopes, suggestions and pleas directly to President Donald Trump,' The Information's Qianer Liu and Wayne Ma report. — 'Many of Huang's conversations with Trump have happened at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's residence and private club in south Florida, and Huang has made far more visits there than have been publicly reported, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.' — 'Indeed, these tête-à-têtes in Palm Beach have become frequent enough for one Nvidia executive to remark on Huang's absence from the company's Santa Clara, Calif., headquarters 'We see a lot less of Jensen,' the executive said. 'He's traveling to Florida a lot.'' — 'Huang's direct approach to dealing with Trump is a marked break from the past, when Huang generally left it to his lieutenants — and his lieutenants' lieutenants — to handle the company's relationships with the U.S. government. Generally, they engaged in traditional lobbying efforts, speaking regularly to bureaucrats and policymakers in an effort to shape public policy that favored Nvidia.' FORMER FDA POLICY CHIEF RETURNING TO K STREET: Kim Trzeciak, who served as the FDA's deputy commissioner for policy, legislation, and international affairs during the Biden administration, has joined Capitol Hill Consulting Group as a senior vice president. — Trzeciak joined the FDA in 2022 as its top policy official, where she oversaw the agency's policy and legislative strategy and led engagement with Congress and the rest of the federal government as well as state, local and tribal governments and international partners. — She previously worked on the Hill as a top aide on the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee and for the late Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), with stints at Glover Park Group (now FGS Global) and as an in-house lobbyist at Mylan in between. — Trzeciak will be registering to lobby at CHCG, which represents a number of health care clients like Purdue Pharma, generic drugmaker Teva, Cigna, the Association for Accessible Medicines and dialysis giant Davita. WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT: 'Federal authorities are investigating a clandestine effort to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles ... after an unknown individual reached out to prominent Republicans and business executives pretending to be her,' people familiar with the matter tell The Wall Street Journal's Josh Dawsey. — 'In recent weeks, senators, governors, top U.S. business executives and other well-known figures have received text messages and phone calls from a person who claimed to be the chief of staff, the people familiar with the messages said.' — 'But the messages weren't from Wiles—and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the White House are trying to figure out who is behind the effort and what the goal is, according to some of the people. FBI officials have told the White House they don't believe a foreign nation is involved, some of the people said.' — Wiles, who 'is widely viewed as President Trump's closest adviser' and 'has a deep bench of contacts in Republican circles,' reportedly 'told associates that her [personal] cellphone contacts were hacked, according to some of the people, giving the impersonator access to the private phone numbers of some of the country's most influential people.' Jobs report — Molly Fromm is now vice president and general counsel at the Nickles Group. She previously was general counsel and parliamentarian for House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.). — Growth Energy has added Jared Henderson and Emma Keiser as directors of government affairs. Henderson was most recently a senior policy adviser for Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Keiser was most recently a legislative assistant for Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). — Sam Alleman is now director of coalitions for the Human Rights Campaign. He previously was national LGBTQ+ engagement director for the Harris campaign and is a DNC and Planned Parenthood Action Fund alum. — Prominent conservative attorney Kannon Shanmugam is joining the Harvard Corporation. He's a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and is a George W. Bush DOJ alum. — Matthew Creegan will be director of media relations at General Motors. He previously was head of executive comms at the Ford Foundation. — Gautam Raghavan is now a partner in the nonprofit and social impact practice at True Search. He previously was director of presidential personnel in the Biden White House. — Jordan Brewer is joining the State Department's Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy as a special adviser. Brewer was previously manager of government affairs at the Cato Institute. — Josué Estrada is now COO at the Center for AI Safety. Estrada was previously chief operating officer at both Salesforce and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. — Alyssa Penna is now director of federal policy at United States of Care. She most recently was an analyst at CMS' Office of Legislation. — Jenna Sumar and Kevin Lowery are launching a creative studio, Collection Media. Sumar previously was chief official videographer for the Biden White House. Lowery previously was creative director at Weymouth Watson and is a Stacey Abrams alum. — Cambridge Global Advisors has added Patrick Lechleitner, Elaine Duke, Katie Tobin, Ryan Scudder, Paul Thomas, Tim Devine and Morgan Ryan. — Cindy Dyer is now chief program officer at the McCain Institute. She most recently was U.S. ambassador-at-large to monitor and combat trafficking in persons. New Joint Fundraisers MARSHALL VICTORY FUND (Steve Marshall for Senate, Fighting for Alabama PAC) New PACs ALABAMA CONSERVATIVES (Super PAC) ALABAMA STRONG PAC (Super PAC) AMERICAN MADE AND POWERED (Super PAC) BRINGING VIRGINIA BACK PAC (Super PAC) Dems 2025 (Hybrid PAC) FIGHTING FOR ALABAMA PAC (Leadership PAC: Steven T Marshall) Justice Unites Liberty, Integrity, and America PAC (Leadership PAC: Julia Hashemieh) NESTPOINT PAC (PAC) Power of the People (PAC) United States Working Class Republican Caucus (Hybrid PAC) New Lobbying REGISTRATIONS Continental Strategy, LLC: Avangrid Continental Strategy, LLC: Lkq Corporation Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.: National Disability Rights Network Dlg Partners (Fka Dragon List Global): White Star Capital USA Inc. Dutko Worldwide, LLC: Pattern Inc. Fgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC): Johns Hopkins University Fgs Global (US) LLC (Fka Fgh Holdings LLC): Sidley Austin LLP (On Behalf Of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.) Foxhound Advisors: Bell Geospace Foxhound Advisors: Medexpert Goodrx, Inc.: Goodrx, Inc. Icebreaker Strategies, LLC: Community Development Foundation Porterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLC: General Catalyst Group Management, LLC S-3 Group: Oshkosh Corporation Snyder Gressard Strategy: Alaska Wilderness League Snyder Gressard Strategy: League Of Conservation Voters Snyder Gressard Strategy: Oceana Snyder Gressard Strategy: Tides Center Theyfeartruth Federal Government Of America: Theyfeartruth Federal Government Of America Tusk Strategies, LLC: Somos Healthcare Providers, Inc. New Lobbying Terminations Venable LLP: It'S Electric Inc. Venable LLP: Newrange Copper Nickel LLC
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24-05-2025
- Business
- See - Sada Elbalad
PM to Attend Egypt-U.S. Business Forum
Nada Mustafa Egyptian Prime Minister (PM) Mostafa Madbouly is set to attend the Egypt-U.S. Business Forum on Sunday, which will see the participation of a high-level American business delegation. The delegation is headed by Suzanne Clark, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and includes 78 senior executives representing 51 of the largest American companies. Madbouly had earlier directed the coordination of efforts between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Egyptians Abroad, Planning and Economic Development, International Cooperation, Investment and Foreign Trade, along with other relevant ministries and the Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) of the Cabinet. The goal is to prepare a comprehensive document highlighting the key investment incentives and opportunities that are most relevant to American companies. read more Gold prices rise, 21 Karat at EGP 3685 NATO's Role in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict US Expresses 'Strong Opposition' to New Turkish Military Operation in Syria Shoukry Meets Director-General of FAO Lavrov: confrontation bet. nuclear powers must be avoided News Iran Summons French Ambassador over Foreign Minister Remarks News Aboul Gheit Condemns Israeli Escalation in West Bank News Greek PM: Athens Plays Key Role in Improving Energy Security in Region News One Person Injured in Explosion at Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War Arts & Culture Zahi Hawass: Claims of Columns Beneath the Pyramid of Khafre Are Lies
Global News
16-05-2025
- Business
- Global News
Global business leaders gather in Canada to chart path through trade war
Global business leaders and diplomats will converge on Ottawa today in an attempt to chart a path through the United States' tariff war. The B7 conference in the nation's capital is a partner event to the G7 summit set for next month in Alberta. This year's conference is tackling trade uncertainty as U.S. President Donald Trump attempts to overturn the global trading order with his tariffs. Among those speaking today in Ottawa are U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra and Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina who was Trump's rival for the Republican presidential nomination. 2:11 Business Matters: Global stock markets surge as U.S. and China reach 90-day 'breakthrough' trade truce Attendees are also expected to talk about developing artificial intelligence responsibly and protecting supplies of critical minerals, two sectors where Canada is looking to build its presence. Story continues below advertisement The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said ahead of today's events that trade is the 'foundation' of relationships among the G7 and urged stronger commercial ties within the group. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Stronger ties has been a recurring theme of conversations between Prime Minister Mark Carney and his international counterparts following his recent election win. Carney spoke with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday, with the Prime Minister's Office saying they discussed 'building on the strong trade relationship between the two countries, grounded in the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, and the imperative to strengthen their respective economies against future shocks.' His office said in a statement that the leaders have tasked senior officials with finding ways to deepen bilateral relations. Carney also spoke on Thursday with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, discussing trade and international security.
Hamilton Spectator
16-05-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
U.S. ambassador and Trump's former presidential rival to speak in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Global business leaders and diplomats will converge on Ottawa today in an attempt to chart a path through the United States' tariff war. The B7 conference in the nation's capital is a partner event to the G7 summit set for next month in Alberta. This year's conference is tackling trade uncertainty as U.S. President Donald Trump attempts to overturn the global trading order with his tariffs. Among those speaking today in Ottawa are U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra and Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina who was Trump's rival for the Republican presidential nomination. Attendees are also expected to talk about developing artificial intelligence responsibly and protecting supplies of critical minerals, two sectors where Canada is looking to build its presence. The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said ahead of today's events that trade is the 'foundation' of relationships among the G7 and urged stronger commercial ties within the group. Stronger ties has been a recurring theme of conversations between Prime Minister Mark Carney and his international counterparts following his recent election win. Carney spoke with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday, with the Prime Minister's Office saying they discussed 'building on the strong trade relationship between the two countries, grounded in the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, and the imperative to strengthen their respective economies against future shocks.' His office said in a statement that the leaders have tasked senior officials with finding ways to deepen bilateral relations. Carney also spoke on Thursday with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, discussing trade and international security. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 16, 2025.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump EPA moves to weaken drinking water limits on toxic ‘forever chemicals'
The Trump administration said Wednesday it intends to roll back first-ever limits set by the Biden administration on four toxic 'forever chemicals' contaminating water supplies across the country. Even low levels of the chemicals known as PFAS are linked with cancer, immune system problems, developmental effects and other health ailments. EPA-mandated testing has found them in nearly half of Americans' drinking water. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agency will leave in place and continue to defend limits for the two most notorious types of PFAS — PFOA and PFOS — which have been phased out of use. But EPA will ask a federal court to let the agency 'rescind the regulations and reconsider' the decision to regulate four of their close cousins that were designed to replace them. Zeldin also said he will craft a regulation to give water utilities two more years to comply with the remaining limits and will provide technical support to water systems, especially those in small and rural communities, as well as opportunities to request exemptions from the regulation. 'We are on a path to uphold the agency's nationwide standards to protect Americans from PFOA and PFOS in their water. At the same time, we will work to provide common-sense flexibility in the form of additional time for compliance,' he said in a statement. Zeldin, who pushed for aggressive regulation of PFAS chemicals when he was a representative from Long Island, New York, has said addressing the country's PFAS problem is one of his top priorities as administrator. He recently announced plans to boost research and address industrial releases of the chemicals. But the drinking water regulation presents a politically treacherous decision for the administration, with some of the country's most powerful business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Chemistry Council, fiercely opposing it. Many of those groups' members have used or produced the chemicals for decades in everything from stain-resistant carpeting to nonstick cookware to firefighting foam and could face significant liability for cleanups and personal injury lawsuits. They are also continuing to profit from that production and use, including in politically important sectors such as semiconductors and defense technology. Drinking water utilities have also sued over the Biden-era limits, arguing the cost of system upgrades to comply with it would be almost twice the $1.5 billion annual cost EPA estimated and would exceed the $12.5 billion settlement water utilities and chemical manufacturers reached over the chemicals. Spokespeople for the American Water Works Association and the American Chemistry Council did not immediately have comments on the EPA announcement. It's unclear how much those cost estimates would change by reworking just the standards for the four newer chemicals. But the move is a victory for industries that still actively produce and use the newer PFAS. Those chemicals include GenX, PFHxS and PFBS, as well as PFNA, a longer chain chemical that has largely been phased out. The 2024 regulation set a 10 parts per trillion limit for three of those chemicals and regulated mixtures of all four. Pulling those limits stands to have a particularly significant impact on communities near military bases and industrial sites, which have faced some of the most acute contaminations and have been struggling to understand the health impact of the brews of PFAS their families have been exposed to for a generation. That includes communities along the Cape Fear River in North Carolina, where the company Chemours for years discharged GenX and dozens of other PFAS directly into the water supply for roughly 200,000 people. Emily Donovan, whose group Clean Cape Fear has advocated for eliminating PFAS exposure and boosting scientific research, blasted the Trump administration's move. 'It's disrespectful to PFAS contaminated communities who have suffered debilitating illnesses and devastating losses. This is a clear victory for the trillion dollar chemical industry—not public health,' she said in a statement. North Carolina is one of the 39 states that do not have their own enforceable limits for some PFAS. Three of the four PFAS whose limits EPA wants to pull back are structurally different from the two whose limits the Trump administration wants to leave in place. That raises the prospect that drinking water utilities that upgrade their systems to treat for PFOA and PFOS could select technologies that don't effectively treat for other PFAS. If the Trump administration decides to issue regulations for those chemicals in the future, water utilities may need to reengineer their systems. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is also facing another hot-button decision around PFAS: whether to continue defending a Biden-era regulation listing PFOA and PFOS as hazardous under the nation's Superfund law. That rule is seen as key to forcing chemical companies and others responsible for the pollution to pay for cleanup — something Zeldin has said he supports. But it also stands to create massive financial liabilities for major companies and the Defense Department.
